The Gate

(A lone voice whispers) With reflection In this The midnight hour I light a white candle For the one Who once had me Under her power Driven by loves Powerful desires For us, The Almas Perdidas (Lost Souls) Maybe like you The Left Be-Hinders Who wallow and wade through griefs tiring waters With a broken heart After love says Farewell To then become new drinkers From Depressions deep well Praying love returns With a ring of a lone bell To see true love Once more and say Stay Please Don't go away And melt my heart Stay So we are now No longer Torn apart But like all pilgrims seeking God In their own particular way We know the bell will never ring We know our hearts will never heal or sing So we live In a living version of Purgatory Dying with each breath of decay We take As we watch and wait for our call To join others Now living beyond Purgatory Great Gates (C) Copyright John Duffy